Spam - Page 2

n5bb · 16 Jul 2013, 11:33 AM

Spammers have in the past often used the same (or similar) address in the From and To fields. You must realize that the From field can contain anything.

Bill

ROBERT.BAK · 17 Jul 2013, 01:56 AM

I have a few almost certain "this is spam" indicators, including:

If the message is flagged as "urgent" priority. Of the thousands of emails I've received in 18 years, one flagged this way was genuinely urgent — all the rest (hundreds of them) were spam.
When I need to send a test email, I always send it to another of my accounts; so an email having "From" and "To" addresses both the same is a 100% guaranteed "this is spam" indicator. GMail is also on to this trick, and any such emails arriving at a GMail address are automatically flagged as spam.

17 Jul 2013, 01:56 AM	#17
ROBERT.BAK Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Backup of robert@fm Posts: 245	I have a few almost certain "this is spam" indicators, including: If the message is flagged as "urgent" priority. Of the thousands of emails I've received in 18 years, one flagged this way was genuinely urgent — all the rest (hundreds of them) were spam. When I need to send a test email, I always send it to another of my accounts; so an email having "From" and "To" addresses both the same is a 100% guaranteed "this is spam" indicator. GMail is also on to this trick, and any such emails arriving at a GMail address are automatically flagged as spam.

16 Jul 2013, 11:33 AM	#16
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	Spammers have in the past often used the same (or similar) address in the From and To fields. You must realize that the From field can contain anything. Bill